By STUART HALL On a winter night in December 2008, Tim Kreger was conducting a fundraiser to benefit the golf team at his alma mater, Clemson University. At night’s end there was a tee time to play Prestwick Country Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., still available. Kreger did not want to see a free round…
By STEVE HANF A clipping from an ancient Triad Golf Today magazine hangs in a frame in Mark Charles’ office at Olde Homeplace Golf Club. The story about nearby Maple Leaf Golf Club features an old photograph of a kid in the trenches – literally – during the construction phase of the course. “I was…
By MARC PRUITT There isn’t much that Randall James hasn’t seen or experienced in golf since he picked up the game when he was a kid, spending countless hours roaming the fairways at Zebulon Country Club, just east of Raleigh. James, who recently turned 50, has been the Director of Golf at Oak Valley in…
BY JOHN DELL Sam Puryear Jr. admits he’s been lucky to have so many role models in his life. From his father, Sam Puryear Sr., to the late Earnest Morris, there have been plenty of people who have influenced Puryear’s development as a top-flight, award-winning college golf coach. There is also somebody else who helped…
By STEVE HUFFMAN GIBSONVILLE – The owners of Country Hills Golf Course on Hicone Road are revamping their facility to include a new practice facility and fitness center. Both should are expected to be opened by mid-May. A driving range has been part of the course since it opened in 1994. But the range and…
BY ED DUPREE North Carolina has a lot of tremendous golf courses, many of them located in the Triad. The North Carolina Golf Panel ranks the state’s top 100 courses each year, but there are 40 courses that will never appear on that list. Why? It’s simply because there are 40 regulation courses that have…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Even in the best of times, acquiring a portfolio of eight private golf clubs over a decade would rocket John McConnell to the top of the list of the game’s power brokers. But in reality, he couldn’t have picked a more challenging time to make his mark in the golf industry –…
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By STEVE HANF Jonathan Dudley teaches people how to play a better game of golf. For all the experiences the 33-year-old already has crammed into his life, he could teach a lot more than that. Small-town roots … college golf national championship … thoughts of a religious profession … a paid gig golfing with a…
By STUART HALL Eight is apparently not enough for Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The resort will acquire National Golf Club, which features a Jack Nicklaus signature design course, pending a 70-day due-diligence period and approval by members and boards of both clubs. While National would join Pinehurst’s iconic roster of eight numbered courses, Jay…